Joel 2:23-32; Psalm 65; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14 Is political fatigue settling into you yet? I suspect you will all agree with me that of late our political discourse has sunk to new lows. There is so much back and forth these days – so much vitriol, so much real and manufactured outrage, […]

Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; Psalm 66:1-11; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19 There’s a great scene in the 1965 Civil War movie Shenandoah. I posted it on our Facebook page this week; maybe you saw it. Jimmy Stewart plays a widowed farmer. Trying to heed his wife’s dying wish that their seven children be raised as good […]

Lamentations 1:1-6; Psalm 137; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10 Before I launch into a look at this morning’s gospel, a few words are in order about Psalm 137. Needless to say, the last verse is a little shocking—a bit more graphic than we would prefer on a Sunday morning! This psalm is a lament over […]